Sunset at the Citadel

One evening after work, a fellow volunteer and I trekked up the hill near our apartment to watch the sunset.

We came upon a very large beetle resting on a wall. 

The trail to the citadel leads through the woods.

"Strategically overlooking the town and the plains to north, the citadel is part of Brasov's outer fortification system. In 1524 the first wooden defense walls were erected, replaced between 1554 and 1690 by the four massive stone bastions you see now. The citadel was abandoned in the 17th century, after technological innovations made cannons stronger than the building." -Romanian Tourism

-Concrete apartments in the newer section of Brasov (communist era to present day)-

-Hilltop view of the old section of Brasov-

Day is dying in the west;

Heav’n is touching earth with rest;

Wait and worship while the night

Sets the evening lamps alight

Through all the sky.

Lord of life, beneath the dome

Of the universe, Thy home,

Gather us who seek Thy face

To the fold of Thy embrace,

For Thou art nigh.

While the deepening shadows fall,

Heart of love enfolding all,

Through the glory and the grace

Of the stars that veil Thy face,

Our hearts ascend.

When forever from our sight

Pass the stars, the day, the night,

Lord of angels, on our eyes

Let eternal morning rise

And shadows end.

-Mary A. Lathbury